– The Washington Times
President Trump says Senate Republicans shouldn’t reach a deal with Democrats to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security unless they vote to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship and photo identification for voters.
“I don’t think we should make any deal with the crazy, country destroying radical left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote the Republicans to pass “THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,” Mr. Trump posted late Sunday on Truth Social, referring to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.
“It is far more important than anything else we are doing in the Senate and that includes giving these same terrible people, the Dems (who are to blame for this mess!), a five billion cut in ICE funding, a deal, which even disguised as something else, is unacceptable to me and the American people — UNLESS it includes their approval of Voter I.D. (with picture!), Citizenship to Vote, No Mail-in Voting (with exceptions), all paper ballots, No Men in Women’s sports, and no transgender mutilization of our precious children,” he posted.
Senate Democrats on Saturday killed a Republican-sponsored amendment to the SAVE America Act that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports, an issue that Republicans plan to highlight in this year’s midterm elections.
The Senate’s debate on the SAVE America Act is set to enter its second week, as Mr. Trump and his allies in the upper chamber ramp up pressure to pass the measure. Despite the full-court press, the bill is expected to fail because some Democratic support is needed to overcome a filibuster in the closely divided Senate. No Democrat is expected to back the bill.
Recent polls show that the measure is popular among American voters. A Harvard-Harris survey published this month found that 71% of respondents said the SAVE America Act should pass, with 85% of voters saying only U.S. citizens should vote in elections. The same poll found that 58% of respondents say some level of voter fraud exists in the U.S.
